For more information, contact:

Annie Leschin / Vanessa Lehr Advanced Energy Industries Inc. 970.407.6555 / ir@aei.com

Advanced Energy to Webcast Investor Presentation at the Needham Annual Growth Stock Conference

 

FORT COLLINS, Colo., December 22, 2008 – Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AEIS) is pleased to announce its participation at the Needham Annual Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Lawrence D. Firestone, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will deliver a group presentation at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The live and archived webcast will be available over Advanced Energy's investor relations website, http://ir.advanced-energy.com.

About Advanced Energy^®

Advanced Energy^® develops innovative power and control technologies that drive high-growth, plasma thin-film manufacturing processes worldwide, including semiconductors, flat panel displays, data storage products, solar cells, architectural glass, and other advanced product applications. Advanced Energy® also develops grid connect inverters for the solar energy market.

AE is a publicly held company traded on Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol AEIS. For more information, go to http://www.advanced-energy.com.

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Source: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.